Really, I had no idea what was going on in the book. I'm going to have to skip writing my own summary of the book as I found myself asking 'What the hell is going on?' so many times. Honestly, I have no idea how to write this review. I wanted to read the book so bad and I am glad I did. I couldn't get the book and title out of my head and found myself writing the title down on spare pages. Then suddenly, I was so curious about it. When the book first came out, I wasn't the least bit interested in reading it in spite of it being the centre of attraction. For Darkness Shows The Stars is, firstly, the most mesmerising title ever.
When you put two of the most stunning words from the English dictionary together, it gives you an absolutely impeccable title. Inspired by Jane Austen's persuasion, "For Darkness Shows the Stars" is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it. And again, she's faced with a choice: cling to what she's been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she's ever loved, even if she's lost him forever. And while Elliot wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she let him go.īut Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret-one that could change their society. Since then the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress, and Elliot's estate is foundering, forcing her to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth-an almost unrecognizable Kai. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family's estate over love. It's been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimating humanity and giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.Įlliot North has always known her place in this world.
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